Interviews

One of our most symbolic shows of 2017 was right after the passing of the Mobb Deep icon Prodigy. A Queensbridge native born with sickle-cell disease lived until 43 years of age and grew to become one of Hip Hop’s most revered emcees in history….

Super producer Marco Polo and emcee Saga have new projects available for purchase. Saga has linked up with Chicago-based producer Thelonious Martin to record the album Molotov, available on vinyl only at Fat Beats. Marco Polo is promoting his instrumental project Baker’s Dozen. This is…

Motif Alumni has produced several songs on the recent album Same Moon Same Sun by D.I.T.C. member O.C. In this interview with DJ Eclipse, Motif talks about his introduction to Showbiz, playing his music in the Beats Per Minute producer showcase, and how he ended…

Blacastan of The Demigodz fame has released a follow-up to the Watson & Holmes album; this time being The Uncanny Adventures Of Watson & Holmes. Fully produced by Stu Bangas as usual, the album contains 16 tracks of brutal beats and hard lyricism. Features include…

Bronx crew The Legion has joined DJ Eclipse once again on Rap Is Outta Control, this time with more exciting news. Molecules has recorded an EP with infamous D.I.T.C. producer Showbiz. The project has only two guest appearances; Dres (Black Sheep) and Money Ray (The…

Members of the collective Local-Mu12 stopped by Sirius XM to promote their debut album Everyday People. Spearheaded by producer/emcee/engineer Fokis, Local-Mu12 stands for Local Musicians United 2012 and is a membership-based organization of emcees, producers, and like-minded individuals that take advantage having power in numbers….

Mazzi defines his group name S.O.U.L. Purpose as Sense Of Understanding Life’s Purpose. Anyone who has helped contribute to his vision, charities, and philanthropies is considered a member of the group. Continuing this tradition, Mazzi speaks with DJ Eclipse in this video interview about his…

Sheri Sher is an influential figure in Hip Hop culture since the 1970s. As a member of the first female Hip Hop group, Mercedes Ladies, Sheri has quite a story to tell. She joined DJ Eclipse on Sirius XM to talk about publishing the first…

Ren Thomas dropped by Rap Is Outta Control for the first time after a slew of successful ventures in his music career. His official debut album I Been Nice has recently released with the help of executive producer Lord Sear. Ren tells the story about…

Napoleon Da Legend is no stranger to lyricism and wordplay. In this interview segment with DJ Eclipse, Napoleon talks about his diss song to J. Cole, titled “E.Cole.Lie”. The diss track stems from two J. Cole songs, “False Prophet” and “Everybody Dies”, that appeared on…